At 09:00 PM 9/28/00 -0400, Steven Furlong wrote:
"Trei, Peter" wrote:
NSA et al inducing a company to write bad crypto software
2. Individual treachery.
This type involves corrupting one or more engineers, whether via money,
threats, or misplaced appeals to patriotism. This is more likely
David Honig wrote:
In yesterday's news the FAA was getting abuse for hiring lots
of furriner-contractors with lapsed clearances to do y2k and other work.
The feds fear the same subversion that citizens fear of the NSA.
I didn't see yesterday's news, but I've been watching this little
would-be
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Subject: Bad Coding Practices
"Trei, Peter" wrote:
NSA et al inducing a company to write
Steven Furlong wrote:
Now, I think your general point is right, that it would be somewhat
difficult for a subverted programmer to insert deliberately broken
crypto, and a very bet to expect it to stay in for any length of time.
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However, if the privacy software
